Katheryn Elizabeth Hudson (born October 25, 1984), known professionally as Katy Perry, is an American singer, songwriter, and television judge. After singing in church during her childhood, she pursued a career in gospel music as a teenager.
Perry signed with Red Hill Records and released her debut studio album Katy Hudson under her birth name in 2001, which was commercially unsuccessful. She moved to Los Angeles the following year to venture into secular music after Red Hill ceased operations and she subsequently began working with producers Glen Ballard, Dr. Luke, and Max Martin.
After adopting the stage name Katy Perry and being dropped by The Island Def Jam Music Group and Columbia Records, she signed a recording contract with Capitol Records in April 2007.
Prince Harry has shared his close friendship with neighbours Orlando Bloom and Katy Perry since he moved to Los Angeles. The Duke of Sussex quit the UK for Los Angeles, in California, in the United States, last year, alongside his wife Meghan Markle.
The pair live near Oprah Winfrey in Cali - and also live a stone's throw from Lord of the Rings star Orlando, he has revealed.
Orlando - who welcomed his first child with pop icon Katy Perry last year - lives a mere few doors down from the Duke. Prince Harry made the claims in a new podcast interview the Armchair Expert with Dax Shephard.
During the 1 hr 35 minute chat, which saw Harry admit his life in the States was more "free", Harry made a series of eye catching revelations.
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